Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Troy Taylor (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Troy Taylor RP - SEA
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 4 of 4 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 4 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 182	‐
VBR	# 418	# 976

Projections

Strikeouts	22	7
Wins	1	0
Saves	2	0
ERA	3.94	4.55
WHIP	1.32	1.51

Misc

Injury Alert	-	MiLB

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 189	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 185	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 132	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 330	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Troy Taylor RP - SEA
2026 Stats


Games Played	30	‐

Games Started	0	‐

Innings Pitched	26.1	‐

Wins	0	‐

Losses	5	‐

Saves	3	‐

Blown Saves	3	‐

Holds	0	‐

Hits Allowed	19	‐

Earned Runs	11	‐

Home Runs Allowed	2	‐

Strikeouts	35	‐

Walks	11	‐

ERA	3.76	‐

WHIP	1.14	‐

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Troy Taylor RP - SEA
2026 Projections


Games Played	21	10

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	18.5	6.9

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	2	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	4	0

Hits Allowed	15	7

Earned Runs	8	3

Home Runs Allowed	2	1

Strikeouts	22	7

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.94	4.55

WHIP	1.32	1.51

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA	Troy Taylor RP - SEA
News
	Kirby Yates allowed one hit in a scoreless frame to earn the save in a 4-3 win over the Twins. Chris Schommer Sat, Jul 11th	The Mariners optioned RHP Troy Taylor to Triple-A Tacoma. Ari Koslow Wed, Mar 18th
	Kirby Yates struck out one batter to earn the save in Saturday's 5-2 win over the Athletics. Chris Schommer Sun, Jun 28th
	Kirby Yates pitched a perfect ninth inning for his first save of the season on Saturday, securing a 5-2 Angels' win over the Rangers. David Leisering Sun, May 24th
	Kirby Yates blew a save opportunity on Wednesday against the Athletics. Ari Koslow Thu, May 21st
	Kirby Yates tossed a scoreless seventh inning on Friday, pitching around a one-out single in his season debut against the Blue Jays. David Leisering Sat, May 9th
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Kirby Yates RP - LAA			Troy Taylor RP - SEA
Thu, Mar 26th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (3-1)	#18	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-11)	#54
Fri, Mar 27th	@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215	vs CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Sat, Mar 28th	@ HOU	Cristian Javier (1-1)	#170	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sun, Mar 29th	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	vs CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Mon, Mar 30th	@ CHC	Edward Cabrera (5-4)	#75	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69
Tue, Mar 31st	@ CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#213	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16
Wed, Apr 1st	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#39	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#15
Fri, Apr 3rd	vs SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	@ LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#34
Sat, Apr 4th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-5)	#107	@ LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)
Sun, Apr 5th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#64	@ LAA	George Klassen (0-1)	#309
Mon, Apr 6th	vs ATL	Chris Sale (12-6)	#7	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Tue, Apr 7th	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#82	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Wed, Apr 8th	vs ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#142	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Fri, Apr 10th	@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Sat, Apr 11th	@ CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#337	vs HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Sun, Apr 12th	@ CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105	vs HOU	Cody Bolton (0-1)	#322
Mon, Apr 13th	@ NYY	Will Warren (8-5)	#70	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Tue, Apr 14th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#69	@ SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57
Wed, Apr 15th	@ NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#391	@ SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Thu, Apr 16th	@ NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#16	@ SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Fri, Apr 17th	vs SD	Matt Waldron (1-2)	#336	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Sat, Apr 18th	vs SD	German Marquez (4-2)	#335	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, Apr 19th	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#57	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Mon, Apr 20th	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161
Tue, Apr 21st	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#304	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Fri, Apr 24th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84	@ STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#110
Sat, Apr 25th	@ KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)		@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125
Sun, Apr 26th	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-9)	#98
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188	@ MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Fri, May 1st	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-3)	#50	vs KC	Cole Ragans (1-4)
Sat, May 2nd	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#29	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Sun, May 3rd	vs NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#116	vs KC	Kris Bubic (3-2)	#111
Mon, May 4th	vs CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92	vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#283
Tue, May 5th	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (6-6)	#381	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (7-6)	#132
Wed, May 6th	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204	vs ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Fri, May 8th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Sat, May 9th	@ TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67	@ CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Sun, May 10th	@ TOR	Spencer Miles (4-2)	#73	@ CWS	Davis Martin (9-5)	#92
Mon, May 11th	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150
Tue, May 12th	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131	@ HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146
Wed, May 13th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#45	@ HOU	Lance McCullers Jr. (2-3)	#298
Fri, May 15th	vs LAD	Will Klein (3-4)	#211	vs SD	Randy Vasquez (6-6)	#251
Sat, May 16th	vs LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79	vs SD	Walker Buehler (6-5)	#229
Sun, May 17th	vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#319
Mon, May 18th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#204
Tue, May 19th	vs ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#183	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-5)	#188
Wed, May 20th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	vs CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#68
Thu, May 21st	vs ATH	Luis Severino (2-6)	#240
Fri, May 22nd	vs TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#84
Sat, May 23rd	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#363
Sun, May 24th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#130
Tue, May 26th	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87
Wed, May 27th	@ DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242
Thu, May 28th	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Fri, May 29th	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#166
Sat, May 30th	@ TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19	vs ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Sun, May 31st	@ TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122
Mon, Jun 1st	vs COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#362	vs NYM	Austin Warren
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (11-4)	#434	vs NYM	Huascar Brazoban (5-2)	#184
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#433	vs NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#37
Fri, Jun 5th	@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94	@ DET	Framber Valdez (5-7)	#33
Sat, Jun 6th	@ LAD	Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-6)	#12	@ DET	Keider Montero (7-6)	#145
Sun, Jun 7th	@ LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#42	@ DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#96
Mon, Jun 8th	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#268	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292
Tue, Jun 9th	vs HOU	Kai-Wei Teng (5-6)	#265	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65
Wed, Jun 10th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Fri, Jun 12th	vs TB	Shane McClanahan (9-6)	#41	@ WSH	Zack Littell (7-8)	#225
Sat, Jun 13th	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58	@ WSH	Cade Cavalli (8-4)	#55
Sun, Jun 14th	vs TB	Casey Legumina (2-2)	#285	@ WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#308
Mon, Jun 15th	@ ARI	Ryne Nelson (3-5)	#200
Tue, Jun 16th	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#122	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134
Wed, Jun 17th	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (10-3)	#133	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 18th	@ ATH	Gage Jump (4-6)	#87	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71
Fri, Jun 19th	@ ATH	Jeffrey Springs (3-11)	#242	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23
Sat, Jun 20th	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#156
Sun, Jun 21st	@ ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#46
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#71	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#113
Wed, Jun 24th	vs BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#292	@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#161	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#89
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ATH	Jack Perkins (2-6)	#102	@ CLE	Slade Cecconi (4-7)	#131
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-6)	#25
Mon, Jun 29th	@ SEA	George Kirby (8-9)	#21	vs LAA	Ryan Johnson (2-6)	#163
Tue, Jun 30th	@ SEA	Bryan Woo (7-8)	#13	vs LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#52
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#36	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#286
Fri, Jul 3rd	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-4)	#88	vs TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#9
Sat, Jul 4th	vs BOS	Sonny Gray (13-2)	#30	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-2)	#90
Sun, Jul 5th	vs BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#23	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (5-5)	#67
Tue, Jul 7th	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8	@ MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#78
Wed, Jul 8th	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277
Thu, Jul 9th	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14	@ MIA	Janson Junk (5-6)	#120
Fri, Jul 10th	@ MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-3)	#93
Sat, Jul 11th	@ MIN	Joe Ryan (6-7)	#20	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Jul 12th	@ MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51	@ TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Fri, Jul 17th	vs DET	Troy Melton (6-1)	#95	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-9)	#62
Sat, Jul 18th	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2	vs SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17
Sun, Jul 19th	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44	vs SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100
Mon, Jul 20th	vs STL	Kyle Leahy (7-4)	#103	vs CIN	Andrew Abbott (5-6)	#105
Tue, Jul 21st	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#125	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#31
Wed, Jul 22nd	vs STL	Hunter Dobbins (2-1)	#169	vs CIN	Brady Singer (5-10)	#148
Fri, Jul 24th	@ SF	Logan Webb (6-7)	#17	@ TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Sat, Jul 25th	@ SF	Robbie Ray (10-6)	#100	@ TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-9)	#14
Sun, Jul 26th	@ SF	Carson Whisenhunt (2-2)	#167	@ TEX	Jacob deGrom (7-6)	#8
Mon, Jul 27th	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#146	@ TEX	Kumar Rocker (4-8)	#80
Tue, Jul 28th	vs HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#150	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#79
Wed, Jul 29th	vs HOU	Hayden Wesneski (1-0)	#112	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (6-5)	#338
Fri, Jul 31st	vs MIL	Shane Drohan (6-4)	#72	vs MIN	Zebby Matthews (4-8)	#127
Sat, Aug 1st	vs MIL	Robert Gasser (3-4)	#115	vs MIN	Connor Prielipp (3-5)	#99
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#6	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#51
Tue, Aug 4th	@ BAL	Dean Kremer (1-4)	#97	vs DET	Casey Mize (4-6)	#44
Wed, Aug 5th	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#65	vs DET	Tarik Skubal (7-5)	#2
Thu, Aug 6th	@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#134	vs DET
Fri, Aug 7th	@ MIA	Tyler Phillips (2-5)	#277	vs TB	Drew Rasmussen (9-5)	#19
Sat, Aug 8th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (11-6)	#61	vs TB	Griffin Jax (6-8)	#58
Sun, Aug 9th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#216	vs TB	Ian Seymour (7-3)	#77
Mon, Aug 10th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-9)	#35
Tue, Aug 11th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Wed, Aug 12th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Thu, Aug 13th	vs TEX			@ NYY
Fri, Aug 14th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sat, Aug 15th	vs KC			@ HOU
Sun, Aug 16th	vs KC			@ HOU
Tue, Aug 18th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Wed, Aug 19th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Thu, Aug 20th	@ HOU			@ MIL
Fri, Aug 21st	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ TEX			vs CHC
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ TEX			vs CHC
Mon, Aug 24th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Tue, Aug 25th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Wed, Aug 26th	vs CLE			vs PHI
Fri, Aug 28th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sat, Aug 29th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Sun, Aug 30th	vs PHI			@ TOR
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYY			@ BOS
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYY			@ BOS
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYY			@ BOS
Fri, Sep 4th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sat, Sep 5th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Sun, Sep 6th	@ PIT			vs ATH
Mon, Sep 7th	@ BOS
Tue, Sep 8th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Wed, Sep 9th	@ BOS			vs TEX
Fri, Sep 11th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sat, Sep 12th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Sun, Sep 13th	@ WSH			@ ATH
Mon, Sep 14th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Wed, Sep 16th	vs SEA			@ LAA
Thu, Sep 17th	vs MIN
Fri, Sep 18th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs MIN			@ COL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs MIN			@ COL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ ATH			vs HOU
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ ATH			vs HOU
Thu, Sep 24th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Fri, Sep 25th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 26th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 27th	@ SEA			vs LAA
Thu, May 14th				@ HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#215
Mon, May 25th				@ ATH	Aaron Civale (5-7)	#192
Thu, Jun 11th				@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#49
Thu, Jun 25th				@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#106
Thu, Jul 30th				@ LAD	Roki Sasaki (5-5)	#94
Thu, Sep 3rd				vs ATH
Thu, Sep 10th				vs TEX

Who Should I Trade?

Kirby Yates for Troy Taylor (2026)

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